John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan († 1424)
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan (* around 1381; † August 17, 1424 at the Battle of Verneuil ), was a Scottish nobleman .
He was the son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and his second wife Muriella Keith.
At the death of his uncle Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan , called "Wolf of Badenoch", his title of Earl of Buchan fell to John's father in 1394 , who in 1406 prematurely transferred this title to John as 3rd Earl.
He married Elizabeth Douglas († around 1451), daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas , called "The Tyneman". Their only child, Margaret Stewart (* before 1425, † before 1461), married George Seton.
Buchan fought on the French side in the Hundred Years War . He was victorious in the Battle of Baugé (1421), and was captured in the Battle of Cravant (1423) and then exchanged. In 1421 he was appointed Constable of France . He fell at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
Buchan was the first in command of the Garde du Corps , the royal bodyguard made up of Scottish archers during the Hundred Years War.
Since he had no sons, his title of nobility fell to his cousin King James I on his death in 1424 and was extinguished by merging with the crown.
literature
- Bernard Chevalier: Les Alliés écossais au service du roi de France au XVe siècle . In: James Laidlaw (Ed.): The Auld Alliance: France and Scotland over 700 years . Edinburgh University, Edinburgh 1999, ISBN 0-9534945-0-0 .
- James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Lord Lyon King of Arms: The Scots Peerage . tape 2 . Douglas, Edinburgh 1909, Erskine, Earl of Buchan , p. 262 f . ( online at www.archive.org [accessed September 1, 2014]).
Web links
- John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stewart, John, 3rd Earl of Buchan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman, Connétable of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1381 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 17, 1424 |
| Place of death | at Verneuil-sur-Avrel |